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I am so excited to share this, as it is great news for Star Wars fans but also a win for this community, as long-time members dgasser and gotmaul, the founders of ANOVOS came out of this community! As many know, Museum Replicas held the high-end Star Wars costume license for years, promised much, and delivered little. They lost the license last year and after an insanely long negotiation, ANOVOS was able to pick the license up! They already have a number of projects in the works and are showing off some very early prototypes this weekend at C2E2.

To me, this is one of the greatest things we see in this hobby; fans like us, who started right here, doing what we love, and eventually taking that passion and being able to make a livlihood from it! Congrats on living the dream!

There is a big discussion on the RPF about that....especially when it comes to the Vader.

They are working with 501st members to make it acceptable (or as accurate as possible while still being a durable/wearable costume), but also said that some will be and some won't be approved. We will just have to wait and see.

There's more to 501st membership in most cases. The costume has to meet certain minimum standards, but also has to fit the wearer properly. As such, there's not really an "off the shelf" way to join the 501st unless you happen to be the same body size/shape as the previous costume owner or the manufacturer sells a complete suit that happens to match your dimensions.

Saw some at DragonCon. Looked really nice. I'd be interested in a Tie helmet/armor, but no way would I do a pre-order like they're doing. They've delivered on s few select 501st TFA orders, but have they delivered on anything else? Several costumes they've gone out with pre-orders but I haven't seen any of it delivered yet. Looks like a risky business model to me.